Pillow-sham holder.



A. GUTH.

PILLOW SHAM HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. I. 1915.

1,223,580. Patented Apr. 24,1917.

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PFLLOW SHAM HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 1, 1915.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 24, 1917.

Application filed September 7, 1915. SeriaI No. 49,194.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANNA GUTH, a citizen of the United States, and residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pillow-Sham Holders, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to pillow sham holders, and the object thereof is to provide a device of this class conslsting of an im proved. framework adapted to be placed in front of the pillows of a bed in an inclined, or partially upright position together with improved means for securing a pillow sham thereto; a further object being to provide improved means for supporting curtains, draperies and the like; and with these and other objects in view the invention consists in device or devices of the class specified, constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the head portion of a bed showing the method of using my improved pillow sham holder construction;

Fig. 2 a sine view thereof;

Fig. 3 a front view of the pillow sham holder detached and showing part of a cover therefor, and forming a part of the pillow sham holder;

Fig. t a section on the line 44 of Fig. 5 and showing a pillow sham attached to the holder, the pillow sham being indicated in dotted lines only; and

Fig. 5 a view similar to Fig. 3 and showing only a part of the device and partially in section, said figure being also on an enlarged scale.

In carrying my invention into effect, as shown in the drawing, I provide a frame a which is preferably rectangular in form and which comprises, in the construction shown, a main top bar or cross head member a of wood or other suitable fibrous material, an, outer yoke-shaped frame member a com-t.

posed of a rod or heavy wire and the ends of which are secured to the part a at a and cross frame members a consisting of strips of any suitable material preferably canva The top bar member a in the construction shown, is composed of two parallel parts a separated by a central longitudinal part a composed of fibrous material, preferably cork, and the parts a and a are glued together and are also held in connection by tacks, nails or other devices a which secure the frame member a to the top bar or cross head member o The entire frame thus made is provided with a covering 7) of any suitable fabric, the front and back portions of which are brought together at the bottom of the frame and stitched as shown at b in Figs. 3 and 4: to form an extension apron 6 The covering 6 is open at the top and extends above the top of the frame a or the cross head member a thereof. The extended front and back portions of the covering 6 are adapted to be folded downwardly onto said cross head member and secured thereto by pins or tacks c which pass into the central part a of cork or similar material.

In Fig. 1, I have shown at d two pillow shams placed on my improved pillow sham holders, and in Fig. 4 one of said shams is indicated in dotted lines and in the use of my improved pillow sham holder, headed pins or similar devices 0 are passed through the top of the pillow shams into the central part a of the top frame or cross head member a and the bottoms of said pillow shams are adapted to cover the aprons b of the holders so that when lace or openwork shams are used, the covering of the holders which is usually composed of a colored fab ric will be approximately the same size as the shams and form a backing therefor.

It must be understood that. my invention is not limited to the exact form and construction of the frame a, as herein shown and described, and changes therein and modifications thereof may be made, within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit of my invention,

or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

; 1. In a holder for fabric articles of the ,"class described, a rectangular frame having a top cross head member which is composed .of separate parts separated by a central portion of cork or similar material, said frame being provided With a fabric covering the front and back portions of Which are brought together at the bottom of the frame and extended to form an apron, and said fabric covering being open at the top and extending beyond the cross head member and adapted to be folded backWardlyon said cross head member and secured thereto by pins or similar devices which pass into said cork or similar material.

2. In a holder for fabric articles of the class described, a rectangular frame having a top cross head member Which is provided With a part of cork or similar material said frame being provided with a fabric covering adapted to serve as a backing for articles attached to said frame, and one end of Which is opento permit the insertion of said frame thereinto, and means for securing said open end of the fabric covering to the top cross head member of the frame.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention 1 have signed my name in presence of the subscribing Witnesses this 4th day of September, 1915.

ANNA GUTH.

W'itnesses:

C. MULREANY, H. E. THOMPSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

